Published: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 10:13 PM.

That continued Wednesday as the Bulldogs swept both Crusaders teams despite the Abbey getting off to fast starts in each game of a men’s/women’s Conference Carolinas doubleheader.

In the opener, the Lady Crusaders led by 10 points late in the first half and were ahead by eight halftime before losing 59-45 to Barton. In the nightcap, the Crusaders scored the game’s first five points and led by five points with less than five minutes left before the Bulldogs made a late comeback for a 100-96 victory.

The nightcap was a fast-paced, high-scoring contest that featured 19 made 3-pointers, 42 forced turnovers, nine ties and 11 lead changes to delight a Wheeler Center crowd of approximately 1,000 on “Dallas Community Night.”

It also featured monster games from the Abbey’s Tyshawn Good (39 points) and Darryl Durham (20 points, 16 rebounds).

But in the end, Barton found a way to win for the fifth straight time over the Crusaders.

“What’s most disappointing is we’re continuing to have these lulls,” said Belmont Abbey coach Stephen Miss, whose team plays again Saturday at home at 7:30 p.m. against league-leading Limestone (11-3, 7-1). “We start off 5-0 and then make 15 first half turnovers. Then we battle back and even take a six-point lead and give it right back. Then, later in the game, we’re up five and give that lead back. We’re just not quite mature enough to stay composed and we keep giving games away.”

That continued Wednesday as the Bulldogs swept both Crusaders teams despite the Abbey getting off to fast starts in each game of a men’s/women’s Conference Carolinas doubleheader.

In the opener, the Lady Crusaders led by 10 points late in the first half and were ahead by eight halftime before losing 59-45 to Barton. In the nightcap, the Crusaders scored the game’s first five points and led by five points with less than five minutes left before the Bulldogs made a late comeback for a 100-96 victory.

The nightcap was a fast-paced, high-scoring contest that featured 19 made 3-pointers, 42 forced turnovers, nine ties and 11 lead changes to delight a Wheeler Center crowd of approximately 1,000 on “Dallas Community Night.”

It also featured monster games from the Abbey’s Tyshawn Good (39 points) and Darryl Durham (20 points, 16 rebounds).

But in the end, Barton found a way to win for the fifth straight time over the Crusaders.

“What’s most disappointing is we’re continuing to have these lulls,” said Belmont Abbey coach Stephen Miss, whose team plays again Saturday at home at 7:30 p.m. against league-leading Limestone (11-3, 7-1). “We start off 5-0 and then make 15 first half turnovers. Then we battle back and even take a six-point lead and give it right back. Then, later in the game, we’re up five and give that lead back. We’re just not quite mature enough to stay composed and we keep giving games away.”

Much of the scoring came at the free throw line, as Barton coach Ron Lievense instructed his team to foul Belmont Abbey purposely after they built a three-point lead (93-90) with 30.1 seconds left.

The Crusaders were fouled three times in the final 26 seconds and converted four of those six free throws to finish the night with 30 of 37 accuracy. Barton, fouled purposely five times in the final half-minute, converted 21 of 26 overall.

“It can be a learning experience for us, especially with this being in January,” Miss said. “We matched their intensity, which is Barton’s trademark, but we’ve just got to execute better.”

Gerald Boston’s 25 points led Barton’s five double-figure scorers.

The women’s game marked Barton’s ninth straight win in the series.

The Lady Bulldogs, winners of four straight regular season titles and top three finishers in each of the last nine years, struggled with Belmont Abbey’s zone defense for a half, missing 15 of 26 shots and trailing 30-22 at the break.

But in the second half, Barton (8-4, 7-1) suffocated the Abbey (6-6, 5-3) offense by limiting the Lady Crusaders to 27.3 percent shooting and forcing 11 turnovers.

“They just clamped down on us defensively,” said Abbey coach Susan Yow, whose team hosts defending league champion Limestone (8-4, 7-1) on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. “And they just took us out of the game.”

A 15-0 surge that started late in the first half ended with Barton taking a 35-30 lead with 16:14 to play. Then, after the Abbey tied the score at 39, a 16-0 surge made it 55-39 with 6:19 to play.

“We score so much off our defense, so it kinda took the air out of our balloon when they stopped us,” Yow said.